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Syria: Will ceasefire hold in first 24 hours?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Syria: Will ceasefire hold in first 24 hours?<\/strong> : (CNN)At the start of the first full day of the Syria ceasefire, there’s a glimmer of hope that a temporary ceasefire will bring much needed calm to parts of the war-ravaged country.<\/span><\/p>\n

A ceasefire negotiated by the US and Russia is just hours old, and many believe its efficacy will only become clearer in the coming hours.<\/span>
\n The ceasefire’s start coincides with the beginning of Eid al-Adha — a holiday that commemorates when Ibrahim (Abraham in the Old Testament) prepares to sacrifice his son as God commanded, but God intervenes and stops him at the last moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Feast of the Sacrifice celebrates the value of human life. It begins after a weekend during which 90 people — including 28 children — were killed in airstrikes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Residents of Aleppo say after the Monday ceasefire began, the bombing and whoosh of warplanes wasn’t as intense as it has been in years past.<\/span>
\n But one monitoring group reports that there were five violations in and around Aleppo in the ceasefire’s first two hours — though CNN could not independently confirm those reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

These types of violations are not uncommon, and it’s not necessarily a measure of success in a ceasefire — the world usually hopes that these brief respites in violence can help those in areas like Aleppo get the humanitarian aid they so desperately need.<\/span><\/p>\n

The terms of the deal<\/span><\/p>\n

The deal calls for a halt to the violence between the Syrian regime and rebel forces. It would also allow for much-needed humanitarian access to besieged cities such as Aleppo.<\/span><\/p>\n

US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday said while the start of the ceasefire looked good, “it is far too early to draw any definitive conclusions.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Just hours before the ceasefire started, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a defiant message to the country’s opposition forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We have come here to give the message that the Syrian nation is determined to retake every piece of land from the terrorists, and to re-establish safety and security, to reconstruct and rebuild infrastructure and rebuild everything that has been destroyed,” he said in footage broadcast by the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assad’s family has ruled Syria for 45 years. He has often referred to opposition members seeking his ouster as terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kerry: ‘This is less than perfect’<\/span><\/p>\n

After previous ceasefire attempts failed, Kerry addressed criticism that the latest deal is flawed.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sure, this is less than perfect,” he said. “But flawed compared to what? Compared to nothing?”<\/span><\/p>\n

“This catastrophe developed step by step, folks, and it can only be reversed step by step,” he said. “This is the best thing we could think of.”<\/span>
\n The ceasefire gives an opportunity to provide humanitarian relief for hundreds of thousands of Syrians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New ceasefire comes into effect. Here is hoping that Syrians can go to bed tonight, safe that they’ll wake up 2mrrw pic.twitter.com\/XSlAakos9s<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) 12 September 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n